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Margaret Webb
2/8/2007
Redondo Beach
Redondo Canyon
Juvenile Two-spot Octopus Octopus bimaculatus or Octopus bimaculoides
Amongst squid egg sacs
Common Squid Loligo opalescens
Olympus E-330
Dual DS-125s
14-54mm lens
f/8, 1/60
Tracy Clark
2/6/2007
La Jolla Shores
3/8" Doto amyra laying eggs
Nikon D70
60mm lens
Steve Gardner
2/10/2007 La Jolla Shores
Coonstripe or Dock Shrimp Pandalus gurneyi
Olympus c5050z
Ikelite housing
Two Ikelite DS 50 strobes
f/8, 1/100, ISO 100
Supermacro mode
John Butler
2/7/2007 San Clemente Island
115'
Probably a Holothuria zacae
Photo taken using a Insite Scorpio camera (Nikon E995) mounted on a Phantom ROV used by Dr. Butler (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) for surveys.
Jim Lyle
2/3/2007
Redondo Beach Veterans' Park
Target Shrimp Sicyonia penicillata
Olympus E-330
Dual Ikelite DS-125 strobes 14-54mm lens at 38mm f/5.6, 1/80, ISO 200
Kevin Lee
2/10/2007
La Jolla Shores
New walls
Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes
Jen Tope
2/10/2007 Point Loma
White Dendronotus Dendronotus albus
Olympus C-5060
DS50 Strobe
Garry McCarthy
2/8/2007 La Jolla Cove
Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis
Nikon D70s
Tamron 28-300
Jeff Polton
2/10/2007 La Jolla
Marine Room
Horn Shark Heterodontus francisci
Canon S1 IS
Internal flash
f/2.8, 1/60
Terry Strait
2/10/2007
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove
Rockpool Blenny Hypsoblennius gilberti
Olympus C8080WZ
DS125 on eTTL
f/8, 1/800, ISO 50
Todd Warshaw
2/2/2007–2/10/2007
Revillagigedos Islands
"Some photos from my just-completed trip to some remote volcanic islands 250 miles south of Cabo San Lucas — infamous for the giant manta rays and sharks. It was a phenomenal week of diving with some huge animals - giant mantas up to 18' wide, 6 types of sharks (hammerhead, silky, silvertip, dusky, galapagos, whitetip reef), tuna, wahoo, among others. We dove at three of the four islands — San Benedicto, Roca Partida and Socorro — enjoying 50-75' of visibility, 73 degree water, flat seas and breezy warm weather."
